MARRIAGE:Bell Co, TX marriage records;Book V, p. 70.
John Gunn's WWI draft card lists him as being short and stout, with blue eyes and brown hair.
From the November 6, 1942 'The Newark Advocate'
Presents 'E' Pins at Ceremonies
Colonel Ernest A. Rudelius was born at Rockford, Ill., in 1894. He entered Michigan State college from Rockford high school in 1914.
He was appointed a second lieutenant of infantry in August of 1917, and was promoted to first lieutenant in October of the same year while serving with the 44th infantry at Camp Lewis, Wash. He subsequently served at the Presidio, San Francisco, and in the Army Transport Service, Pacific ocean.
Advancing to the rank of captain in 1920, he served as an infantry officer in Hawaii and Texas, and for a time was an instructor of the ROTC at the University of Hawaii.
He was assistant adjutant general, Headquarters Hawaiin department, from September, 1939, to November, 1940, and adjutant general of the Second Army corps from December, 1940, to May, 1942, when he was named assistant commandant, adjutant general's school, For Washington, Md.
He is a graduate of the Infantry school, 1926; Command and General Staff school, 1934; the Army War college, 1936. He assumed his present duties as director of the administration branch, Headquarters Fifth Service command, in August of this year.
Excerpt from the November 7, 1942 'The Newark Advocate''E' FLAG FLIES OVER OWENS-CORNING PLANT
Emblem Of War Production Efficiency Presented At Elaborate CeremoniesThe Army and Navy 'E' flag, emblem of excellence and efficiency in war production, today flies over the Owens-Corning Fiberglas corporation plant here, following presentation in elaborate ceremonies Friday afternoon in warehouse No. 5.
Presenting the emblems on behalf of the navy and army were Read Admiral Clark H. Wodward (sic) and Colonel Ernest A. Rudelius. Bringing greetings to the men and women workers at Owens-Corning was John W. Bricker, thrice-elected governor of Ohio.
To 2,500 employees of Owens-Corning in the Newark plant were presented sterling silver "E" label buttons for their loyal service.
The loyalty was indicated in their shouted acceptance of the challenge of Admiral Woodward to produce an even greater output of fibre glass for war use in the months to come.
In explaining the significance of the "E" flag, Admiral Woodward pointed out that it was for past achievement. For the future, he said, a star would be added in the flag for increased production at six-month periods.
WW1 draft registration Guernsey Co, OH 1917 lists nearest relative as Trona? Peyatt
The 1910 census lists Estella as having had four children, all of which will living at that time.